The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said the scaffolding incident left three workers dead and two injured early Tuesday morning.
Connor Cummings, 20, and his 18-year-old friend were climbing scaffolding inside the Four Seasons hotel when he fell nine-stories down an interior shaft just after 11 p.m. Wednesday.
HFD says a secondary scaffolding collapse at a downtown Houston apartment construction site is not only possible, but highly likely. Onlookers are being moved back due to fears of further collapse.
The scaffolding collapse on Friday left six people hurt and a tangled mess of metal, wood, stone and bricks in front of the partially built apartment building in downtown Houston. Three days later, the site is cleared.
A huge scaffolding collapsed at an apartment building under construction near Minute Maid Park in downtown Houston, and now we're getting a look at the moments just after it happened.
We introduced you to the fire department's technical rescue team last month. They're called in for high risk, tactical rescues. Here's a looks at how their training came into play with the scaffolding collapse.
